Hook



A. M. JACOBY HOOK Filed Jan. 27; 1925 ii] i mwwlmj Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

were? ARTHUB MARTIN JACOB Y, OF LONDON, ENGLAND. g

Application filed January 27, 1925. Serial No. 5,007.

17 '0 ca whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR MARTIN directs), a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, S. E. 1, England, have invented new and useful Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks such as are used in connection with a support or holder for cables and the like, and has for object to provide a device of this character by means of which the operation of assembling the cables within the holder and hooking or unhooking the latter to or from its wire or like carrier is facilitated.

Referring to the drawings which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved hook as associated with a cable support, Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device seen in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a separate face view of the hook proper detached from the support or sling.

Referring to the drawings, the sling or cable-support of known type) with which the hook of the present invention is adapted, and particularly intended, to be used consists of a strip 1 of textile material of any required width and length, the ends being doubly folded as shown in Figure 2 so as to conceal and prevent fraying of the actual ends of the material in use. The ends having been thus folded are punched out to form apertures 2 which are then fitted with metal eyelets 3 by means of which the folds at each end of the strip are securely clamped together. I

The folded strip 1 having been assembled in the usual manner around the cables, etc,

which it is desired to support, the hooked ends at of a specially-constructed hook or carrier-member 5 are passed through the registering eyelets 3 from opposite sides so that the parts are securely held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In accordance with the present invention, the hook or carrier-member 5 consists of two similarly-shaped S-hook elements each formed intermediate its ends with a loop or eye 6. As is'clearly indicated in the drawing, the eyes 6 are disposed nearer thenpper ends 7 of the S-hooks, the latter being. pivoted together by means ofa suitablepin, rivet, or setscrew 8 passed through and secured within the registering eyes 6 with the actual hook elements at each end facing in opposite directions.

, greater distanceat one side of the disposed or directed, and in order to attach the device to its suporting wire, etc, the hooked-ends 7-7 are first positioned one at each side of and above the supporting wire, etc. The device is then given a quarter-turn and lowered so as to cause the oppositelyfacin hooks 7-7 to en 'a 'e the wire etc;

It will be seen that the improved hook device is exceedingly simple and efficient in use. Once the lower end ofthe device is properly engaged with the cable support or sling, no ad ustment or disturbance of these parts is necessary in order to attach the upper end of the device to the supporting wire or the like. Further, it is impossible for the hooks l-el to become detached from their operative position in the sling 1 owing to the lock effected by the engagement of the hooks 7'7 with the supporting wire or its equivalent.

I claim:

1. A hook device, comprising a pair of oppositely disposed hook elements each bent upon itself to form an eye disposed in a plane at an angle to the portions of the hook elements at each end of the eye-forming por tion, and a pivot member engaging said eyes thereby to secure the hook elements together with the oppositely facing hooks at one end spaced apart wider than those at the opposite end of the device.

2. A. hook device, comprising a pair of oppositely disposed S-hook elements each bent upon itself intermediate its ends to form an eye, integral therewith, said eyes being dis-posed nearer one end of the elements than the other, and a pivotconnection between said eyes.

3. A hook device, comprising a pair of oppositely disposed S-hookelements each bent upon itself to form an eye nearer one end thereof, and a pivotal member engaging said eyes, the formation of the eyes being such that when the hook elements are pivoted together they are spaced apart at a pivot than at the other side thereof.

4. A hook device, comprising a pair of members each having a hook at each end thereof, the hooks at therespeetive ends of each member being oppositely directed, each of said members bent upon itself to form intermediate its ends an eye disposed in a plane at an angle to the portions of the hook member at each end of the eye-forming portion, and a pivot member passing through said eyes and connecting said hook members in spaced relation with the hooks at one end of the members further apart than those at the other end.

ARTHUR MARTIN JACOBY. 

